WW II Spy Novels discussion

"Here, lemme show you ...this is a pic of the wife and kids.."

Pfffffthhwwwwwwwwwwwwwp-zing!

Medic!

Fix bayonets!

"How do those armchair-generals expect me to fight-- when all they keep sending me are these green kids!?"

Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant:
"Each of us has made it possible for the other to do terrible things."
Movie Lincoln 2012

needs to be a 'cliche', Suzie!

:0

Oh dear, I am lost. Explain?

Cliches... I am sure you know some. They're like, sayings-which-everyone-always-says-so-often, that you're-sick-to-death-of-hearing-'em!

If you watch war movies in any quantity there's always these same kinds of dialog in every war film, lines said by the characters which you can almost predict. Spot 'em comin' a mile away.

Like, "boy, its quiet out there..yeah..TOO quiet!"

Or: "Grenade! Hit the dirt!"

Or: "Dive! Dive! Dive!" (submarine movies)

I bet you can come up with one if you give it some thought!

Ohhhh!

Okay, here goes:

"Cigarette?"

Hey! That's a great one!

Don't know if this qualifies, but maybe...

Circle the Wagons!!!

Fire at will!

Its only a flesh wound.

Doubledf99.99 wrote: "Don't know if this qualifies, but maybe...

Circle the Wagons!!!"

Gooooood one.

Karl wrote: "Fire at will!"

Goooooooood one was meant for this one....
Seems like I've replied to myself a few times...

Good ones! Flesh wounds is a great one.

Okay how about:

"Medic!"

no 'double-dipping'...

besides in WWII I think they shouted "Corpsman!"

Anyone know for sure?

lol! Yes, I believe you're right. Okay okay, how about:

"Aaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!"

;)

Its the Germans!

Don't mention the war.

Cease fire!

"Vee haff vays ...of making-k you ...TALK..
..you vill tell us vhat vee veesh to know..in zee end, efferybody TALKS"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2Nqf...

This one always make me laugh, the third reich in one song!

"We knew the odds ...were against us--but we went in anyway. I'm glad...! The Captain made the right decision...!"

(the pilot's name was George Zip)

I've always wondered about the phrase: 'Don't shoot until you (can) see the whites of their eyes!' - never heard it in a movie, though. Anybody know where it came from?

Karl wrote: "I've always wondered about the phrase: 'Don't shoot until you (can) see the whites of their eyes!' - never heard it in a movie, though. Anybody know where it came from?"

I don't think it clears much up but there is this about Bunker Hill. It mentions the question about half down the article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...

Yes, its a Revolutionary War quote. They didn't have sunglasses back then.

Thank you, I followed the link through to Sir Andrews Agnew, in the battle of Dettingen in 1743. Seems like the french cuirassiers were short of sunglasses, too.

Stolen! Like just about everything else in America! Filched from somewhere else..

Yes, but this was the era of professional armies, no doubt a phrase like that caugth on - and travelled with soldiers between continents.( And did the term 'American' , as we use it today, exist before the Revolutionary Wars ?)

Heck who knowes some line doggy in China may have said it back in the day when gun powder was in invented.

"Chopper down! Chopper down!"

How about
"Lock and Load"

I love that one!

♕ Suƶie ♘ wrote: "I love that one!"

Yep, it's one of my favorites as well, takes me back to the day, on the rifle range, "lock and load one 9 round Magazine"...

"Men, I have a dangerous assignment here. The man who undertakes this mission may not make it back. I'm looking for volunteers.."

Persian, "Our arrows will blot out the sun".
Spartan, " then we will fight in the shade".

Not exactly a common saying

Roger that! Thought I'd give it a try.

"You're coming in too low...raise flaps, raise flaps!"

YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUUUUTH lol

"How much ammo have we got left".

good one Laura

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